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TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1990
TUEN MUN HOSPITAL STAGE ONE OPENS ON MARCH 8
THE FIRST STAGE OF TURN MUN HOSPITAL WILL OPEN ON THURSDAY (MARCH 8), THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID IT IS PLANNED THAT THE COMMISSIONING OF THE 1,606-BED HOSPITAL WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN FIVE
STAGES.
"STAGE ONE WILL BE PUT INTO OPERATION FROM MARCH 8 TO APRIL 2 TO PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 334 BEDS UNDER FIVE SPECIALTIES.
"THE SPECIALTIES ARE MEDICAL, SURGICAL, ORTHOPAEDIC, AND GYNAECOLOGY AND OBSTETRIC."
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PAEDIATRIC,
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT AS THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE IN OPERATION 'IN THE INITIAL PERIOD OF THE OPENING OF THE HOSPITAL, THOSE ADMITTED TO TUEN MUN HOSPITAL WILL BE PATIENTS FROM THE SPECIALIST CLINIC SEESIONS OF THE TUEN MUN POLYCLINIC.
"A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT TWO MONTHS AFTER STAGE ONE HAS BEEN PUT INTO SERVICE TO DECIDE THE DATE OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICE AND THE SCHEDULE OF THE OPENING OF SUBSEQUENT PHASES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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TUEN MUN HOSPITAL, WHICH STANDS ON A 10.75-HECTARE SITE NEAR THE CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL, IS AN ACUTE GENERAL HOSPITAL WITH 1,606 BEDS. IT MAINLY SERVES THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AND THE NORTHERN REGION OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX COMPRISES AN 11-STOREY MAIN BLOCK, A FOUR- STOREY SPECIAL BLOCK, A SINGLE-STOREY RADIOTHERAPY BLOCK, A THREE-STOREY PATHOLOGY BLOCK, A 12-STOREY NURSE TRAINING SCHOOL AND FIVE BLOCKS OF STAFF QUARTERS.
A SPECIAL FEATURE IN THE DESIGN OF THE HOSPITAL IS THAT ALL THESE BLOCKS ARE INTERLINKED BY COVERED WALKWAYS AND UNDERGROUND TUNNELS TO ENSURE CONVENIENCE OF COMMUNICATION.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE HOSPITAL PROJECT IS AROUND $1,200
MILLION.
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